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Jane’s Walk

You know what I would be doing this weekend if I were in Ottawa, which I’m not?

Jane’s Walk is a coordinated series of free neighbourhood walking tours given by locals who care passionately about where they live, work and play. Jane’s Walk is a pedestrian-focused event that improves urban literacy by offering insights into local history, planning, design, and civic engagement through the simple act of walking and observing.

Jane’s Walk was held last year in Toronto and New York City. In 2008, there are plans to expand to seven more Canadian cities: Calgary, Charlottetown, Guelph, Halifax, Ottawa, Vancouver and Winnipeg.

“No one can find out what will work for our cities by looking at garden suburbs, manipulating scale models, or inventing dream cities.
You’ve got to get out and walk.”

— Jane Jacobs, “Downtown is for People”, The Exploding Metropolis, 1957.

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